More than 1,000 National and International companies attended DefExpo 2016, biennial defense exhibition of Land, Naval and Internal Homeland Security Systems which took place in Goa (India) from the 28 to 31 March 2016. With a total of 510 companies, participation by Indian companies ha doubled since 2014 which saw participation by 256 companies. A total of 490 foreign companies are participating this year against 368 in DefExpo 2014.